Argument: Japan Is the Middle East’s Most Credible Player

Elliot Silverberg

Elliot Silverberg is a nonresident James Kelly fellow at the Pacific Forum in Hawaii.

Articles by Elliot Silverberg

The Iranian and Japanese foreign ministers shake hands.

Japan Is the Middle East’s Most Credible Player

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Mohammed Soliman, Elliot Silverberg

September 14, 2021, 4:55 PM

Protesters display “Free HK” slogans during a protest to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, on Oct. 3, 2020.

The U.S.-Japan Alliance Should Pivot to China’s Human Rights Issues

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Ayumi Teraoka, Elliot Silverberg, Charles Crabtree

February 22, 2021, 4:08 PM

An anti-Japan protest in Seoul

East Asia’s Alliances Are Falling Apart

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Elliot Silverberg, Andrew Injoo Park

January 3, 2020, 3:21 PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

India and Japan Eye the Dragon in the Room

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Aman Thakker, Elliot Silverberg

November 20, 2019, 7:11 PM

A woman holds a portrait of a former South Korean “comfort woman,” one of those who were forced by Japan’s military into sexual slavery during World War II, at a rally to mark National Liberation Day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2018.

The United States Needs Japan-South Korea Reconciliation

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Andrew Injoo Park, Elliot Silverberg

June 27, 2019, 1:04 PM

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